Highmark and Allegheny Health Network, both in Pittsburgh, launched a pilot program under which Highmark will reimburse ambulance companies for some calls where patients are not taken to a hospital, according to Trib Live.
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Community Medical Center Long Beach (Calif.) closed in July, but the hospital's new operator hopes to reopen it Jan. 1, according to the Press-Telegram.
After increasing four consecutive years, cases of sexually transmitted diseases jumped to record highs in 2017, a CDC report found.
After dozens of people overdosed in New Haven, Conn., in one day, a capacity coordination center ensured the responding emergency departments at Yale New Haven Hospital's two campuses did not overload, the New Haven Register reports.
The U.S.'s declining life expectancy is in part due to increasing mortality rates caused by suicides, drug overdoses and alcohol-associated disorders, according to a report published in the journal Injury Prevention.
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The new Arizona law HB2322 goes a long way in speeding up the provider approval process, in order to reap the benefits of the new 60-business-day deadline, the process must start with a complete and accurate application.
A study published in PLOS ONE examined the link between food insecurity and mortality risk.
Central Washington Hospital, a 198-bed a general medical and surgical facility in Wenatchee, Wash., plans to close its 22-bed transitional care center for aging patients, The Wenatchee World reported.
Next Generation ACOs saved Medicare about $62 million during their first performance year in 2016, CMS said Aug. 27.
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